PolitiFact N.J.: Sen. Robert Menendez claims U.S. Senate has passed a budget in the last three years

As Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Joe Kyrillos sees it, Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez hasn't been doing his job when it comes to passing a budget in the U.S. Senate.

In a heated debate Wednesday on New Jersey 101.5-FM, Kyrillos and Menendez sparred over whether the U.S. Senate has passed a budget in the last three years. The two will face off in the Nov. 6 general election.

Kyrillos, a state senator representing part of Monmouth County, said: "The Senate hasn’t passed a budget in three years. That’s just a fact, hasn’t done it."

But Menendez said that's not true: "Secondly, there is a budget. It’s called the Budget Control Act and you should look it up. You’d understand then that your statement about not having a budget for the last three years would be wrong."

PolitiFact New Jersey looked into Menendez's claim that Kyrillos’ statement is inaccurate and the Senate has passed a budget "called the Budget Control Act."

Find out our ruling at PolitiFactNJ.com, and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.

Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerIn a debate last week on New Jersey 101.5-FM, Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez claimed the U.S. Senate has passed "a budget" in the last three years "called the Budget Control Act."